Roger Palmer co-founded three instrumentation companies starting in 1970, then worked at Intermec Corp. from 1978 to 1994 as Vice President of Technology. In 1994 he opened a consulting business called Palmer Technologies Inc., and operated as its principle until he retired in 2015. He wrote "The Bar Code Book", which is the authoritative text in the field. He also authored "An Intoduction To RF Circuit Design For Communication Systems" in 2016.